RNgonewild

RNgonewild

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  1. RN medicated my patient without documenting!

    RNgonewild replied to poppy07's topic in General Nursing

    Poppy, you're having quite the week. Good

  2. NO Nursing home for me

    RNgonewild replied to nurz2be's topic in Nursing Humor

    Actually I have been thinking about going the route for some time now. And think of all the young cabin

  3. Handling Physicians. Any suggestion?

    RNgonewild replied to AlmostThere:)'s topic in General Nursing

    How's about: Hey sucka, put that chart back or I'm gonna pop a cap in ya?

  4. i dont want to be a nurse anymore....

    RNgonewild replied to mcg1929's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I won't ever forget being a new nurse. I was always b*tching and moaning how the other nurses wouldn't help me or even acknowledge me. About 8 weeks after myself and another new grad were hired, we...

  5. How many females are "peeking" in this forum?

    RNgonewild replied to caliber's topic in Men in Nursing

    Yo, you gotta a problem wit dat?

  6. Stop times for IV piggybacks now required on MAR?(by Medicare)

    RNgonewild replied to FireStarterRN's topic in Patient Medications

    why don't they just cut our heads off? as in "running around like a chicken with it's head cut

  7. Who does blood sugar checks where you work?

    RNgonewild replied to ginger58's topic in General Nursing

    RN and

  8. How much would you have to win to quit working as a nurse? How much would it take?

    RNgonewild replied to mikethern's topic in General Nursing

    I have always had this saying: When they go, I go. What I mean by that is when the people that are leaving me money pass, I'm going to retire. Of course at this point it looks as if they are going to...

  9. Again....lazy workers

    RNgonewild replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    Hey good luck with your surgery. See how they do without you there. I suspect she will keep up with her old tricks. Try to find a new job while you're out on disability. Once again, good

  10. Help me!!!!!!!!!!!

    RNgonewild replied to 2BNurseabbi's topic in Nursing Career

    Do what you want to do. And have them pay for it!

  11. mental health day

    RNgonewild replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Some times you just need a day or two off. However if you get migraines or start vomiting just at the thought of going to work, that is a major problem(one of my staff was doing just that, before she...

  12. WHAT DO NURSES DO? --help me respond to this question

    RNgonewild replied to RiaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I suggest we "do" nothing and see how long it takes for them to figure out what we are

  13. Is your facility warning staff for overtime, for missing lunch breaks or other?

    RNgonewild replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Administration has been severely cutting the overtime. There is a place to put a request in for extra shifts, but there hasn't been any posted for over a month. Two months ago the overtime was flowing...

  14. L&D vs. Postpartum

    RNgonewild replied to laborRn01's topic in Ob/Gyn

    ahh, its just nursing, we are always running around crazy. no matter what area you work. and i have worked all areas. now you have some reasons, but I'm sure there are tons more.

  15. L&D vs. Postpartum

    RNgonewild replied to laborRn01's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Get a grip, the reason you can't get a patient over to post partum as soon as you want to is the bed has to be cleaned. Sometimes L&D does want to send pts over before they are fully recovered,...

  16. How often do you take a break?

    RNgonewild replied to Alex3's topic in General Nursing

    here in Cali, we must take breaks, at least on paper. We have a relief nurse, she does not get a pt assignment or at least till all the lunch breaks have been met. In the am there is a 15 min break,...

  17. How many Nurse jobs have you had?

    RNgonewild replied to johnson0424's topic in General Nursing

    19 years on current job, 6 years on previous job. Some small jobs in between and during (home health, pt, per diem, agency, even one day as a traveller many years ago and ran back home). I guess I...

  18. How many pregnancies are too many?

    RNgonewild replied to L&D_2b's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Have as many children as you want and can afford. I just dont want to be responsible for financing other people's

  19. Best & Worst April Fool's Pranks

    RNgonewild replied to Fran_Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    As a prank one day, one of my co-workers and myself covered various parts of our faces with bandaids. Another nurse called the charge nurse and said get over here quick, they are fighting in the...

  20. Best & Worst April Fool's Pranks

    RNgonewild replied to Fran_Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    Now I have pulled some of my best pranks on days that werent April's Fool. But it is all in fun! One day as I was pushing the old med cart(olden days), I put an old sign around my neck that read,"This...

  21. I passed my boards today!

    RNgonewild replied to alpine76's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Congrats!

  22. Share Your Saying

    RNgonewild replied to angelique777's topic in Nursing Humor

    PACU: When in doubt, ship them out, if they're dead cover their head and if you're really scared, take break. Floor: Family members that hover around the desk: desk huggers. Geri Peri : first time...

  23. Upset!!! write up and patients marijuana

    RNgonewild replied to RNGINA's topic in Home Health

    I once found crack vials in a pts jacket pocket, which fell out when I moved the jacket. Does that

  24. Artificial nails?

    RNgonewild replied to rkst's topic in General Nursing

    No artificial nails allowed in my facility. Not for the last few years. I had never worn them, but some of the girls were

  25. 3 medication errors in 7 months!

    RNgonewild replied to NYCRN05's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well it seems like #2 wasnt your fault. And you probably could have gotten a one time order from the doctor for the first one to cover yourself. Number 3 I'm not sure about. Seems like a transcription...